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Remember to turn off the webcam... ...if you are going to act a fool. [url="http://db.playego.com.br/orafiles/01122005120941567g.swf"]http://db.playego.com.br/orafiles/01122005120941567g.swf[/url] Prolly old stuff, but still damn f…	16 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2005
Danny the Dizog [url="http://movies.aurum3.com/content/view/182/46/"]http://movies.aurum3.com/content/view/182/46/[/url] Looks pretty freakin sweet, finally a non gangster rap jet li movie. Also the soundtrack is b…	1 Last	rolfness Feb 2005
Goddamnit I think I just stepped in cat semen.	13 Last	danr Feb 2005
cliche's piss me off DELETED Post deleted by PaK	46 Last	Cthogua Feb 2005
Painfull changes - rant first off, wwwwwwaaaaaah Ok, might not even fit into this forum but here goes. My new job is making me learn maya. ... After nearly 6 years working with max this is the most annoying and painfull l…	14 Last	Asthane Feb 2005
Happy Valentimes Day, Polycounters! [img]http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/ups/layla_phoenix/heartpump.gif[/img]I hope you all get lucky today! hehehe [img]http://smilies.jeeptalk.org/ups/layla_phoenix/heartpump.gif[/img]Wanna share your Val…	49 Last	swampbug Feb 2005
UT2004 installation problem i try installing UT2004 from my DVD drive and it won't install. it keeps squawking that the disc isn't in the drive or may need cleaning. i have cleaned it three times and it still won't have it. i e…	11 Last	sundance Feb 2005
AHHHHHHHH!!! [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/leeharris1000/holycrap.jpg[/img] is this the end?!	12 Last	sundance Feb 2005
Game currency trading [ QUOTE ] 2/13/05 wiki definition: Traders in massively multiplayer online games with economic systems play purely to acquire virtual game objects or avatars which they then sell for real-world money…	10 Last	Asthane Feb 2005
Gene Kelly's dance sequence...(with a TWIST) "Singin' In The Rain" with a new twist. FX tech WOW's again. I wish the movie was higher res though. [url="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/Media/video/2005/01/27/golfgti.mov"]http://image.guar…	24 Last	jzero Feb 2005
Looking for an E3 pass I haven't been to E3 since 2002, so I'm looking for a pass to the exhibits. Since I haven't been doing any industry work since then, I don't have credentials to qualify for the free industry pass. If…	2 Last	eXpendabLe Feb 2005
World of Warcraft - European release. WoW has been released here on Friday. I bought a collectors edition because you'll get a great (concept)art book of World of Warcraft with it. Very cool. Anyway, at this moment it's Monday 0:45 am. T…	17 Last	JKMakowka Feb 2005
Who did the skins for UT2003? Was it just one texture artist or several? Curios........ TIA	1 Last	CheapAlert Feb 2005
the regiment (new pc FPS game) [img]http://www.konami-regiment.com/screenshots/shot27.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.konami-regiment.com/"]http://www.konami-regiment.com/[/url] (I've been working on this website for a couple of mont…	14 Last	tubboy Feb 2005
Battlefield2 modified using Python linked from Slashdot, sorry [url="http://www.fz.se/artiklar/article.php?id=786"]http://www.fz.se/artiklar/article.php?id=786[/url] Lot's of great info about the game. From checking out the screensh…	9 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
ok , what the hell is this ? [img]http://www.zombiedesign.com/polycountbits/wtf!!1.jpg[/img] ok , i was working away , and i noticed this on the bottom of my desktop .. normally i dont look at these pictures , but i was alla…	15 Last	Scott Ruggels Feb 2005
Battlestar I know i rave on and on about Stargate sg-1 and Atlantis and i'm sorry i love show so much but damn, this new Battlestar series is actually pretty cool. At first it turned me off but after a while af…	25 Last	Rick Stirling Feb 2005
ye olde link exchange [url="http://hawken.dadako.com"][img]http://hawken.dadako.com/img/banner.png[/img][/url] [url="http://hawken.dadako.com"][img]http://hawken.dadako.com/img/banner_small.gif[/img][/url] need to ditch…	15 Last	joolz8000 Feb 2005
pointless advice thread (as requested by MoP) Mishra teh pownz: woah you're online PR JeSS 0 2: i kno PR JeSS 0 2: i got a new comp. Mishra teh pownz: good, what kind? PR JeSS 0 2: dell PR JeSS 0 2: lol PR JeSS 0 2: who's brokenllamas? Mishra te…	65 Last	eepberries Feb 2005
Seattle Video Game Industry Job Conference Just saw a post about this on blues: Seattle Video Game Industry Job Conference Announced [url="http://www.devmaster.net/fullstory.php?storyID=493"]http://www.devmaster.net/fullstory.php?storyID=493…	51 Last	PaK Feb 2005
Bad news ION studios :( [url="http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/02/10/news_6118364.html"]http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/02/10/news_6118364.html[/url] All the best wherever all the guys end up. tpe	13 Last	gauss Feb 2005
Frequency Highly recomended and if you have a close relationship with your fathers, it's even better.	15 Last	tubboy Feb 2005
A short introduction.... I just joined the site, thanks the Ben Mathis (poopinyourmouth). I should have known a forum like this existed. Thanks Ben for coming to our school, great presentation! Just wanted to introduce myse…	11 Last	Megaphobema Feb 2005
STARGATE SHOW Ok, here I am reading the latest General POSTs and I stumble upon the post I made regarding the stargate sg-1 game. There is abviously LOTS of hate for this show and it's not limited to just people h…	152 Last	tubboy Feb 2005
EA starts Game dev program weird. [url="http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/08/technology/ea_chair/index.htm"]http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/08/technology/ea_chair/index.htm[/url]	22 Last	killingpeople Feb 2005
GMail Drive shell extension [url="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/Mail-Utilities/GMail-Drive-shell-extension.shtml"]get the "GMail Drive shell extension" here![/url] "GMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension tha…	1 Last	Daz Feb 2005
Baby Got Bible Ahah, wtf? [img]http://boards.polycount.net/images/icons/poly009.gif[/img] [url="http://www.compfused.com/directlink/615/"]http://www.compfused.com/directlink/615/[/url]	14 Last	Mishra Feb 2005
My new drug of choice....for breakfast! [url="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050126/265400_1.html"]http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050126/265400_1.html[/url] So I heard about this from Conan O'Brien last week, so I had to give it a try. I like Lucky Cha…	15 Last	RageUnleashed Feb 2005
poor customer service- emo content-ish. okay, so i just had a new 120GB HD and 256 MB RAM added to my PC, get this, the guy wanted the CD for my modem's drivers. fair enough, give him the CD i think they're on. get the tower back today, wi…	29 Last	Daz Feb 2005
donnie darko > you oh my god, i got this on dvd yesterday and just watched it. it starts off innocent enough, plenty of laughs, "What's a fuckass?" then it quickly turns to a mind FUCK and it is seriously the best mov…	32 Last	swampbug Feb 2005
OOOOh no, you did not touch my Machine How do you guys personally feel about other co-workers or bosses touching your machine? I perosnally don't really care. If someone needs to get on my machine to get something or look at something, go…	28 Last	Joshua Stubbles Feb 2005
Resident Evil 4...... garsh darnit! I've been playing it for a while. Re4 is such a badass game. Its got a nice pace Amazing texture work (the best usage of photoref I've seen) Lighting animation characters Sound ... its all ver…	20 Last	Asherr Feb 2005
[AD-SIZE] Very strange issue in Firefox here. Well, actually i.e too which is what makes it even more weird. I get this text: [AD-SIZE] where I should be getting thumbnail images on a lot of websites. I of…	4 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
Jan-Feb desktops I'll show you mine... if you show me yours. [url="http://mypage.iu.edu/~daphipps/Images/jan_desk.jpg"][img]http://mypage.iu.edu/~daphipps/Images/tn_desk_jan.jpg[/img][/url]	51 Last	Asherr Feb 2005
God of War No, not Bush. [url="http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/god-of-war/516077p1.html"]http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/god-of-war/516077p1.html[/url] This game is looking to be what PoP:WW should …	7 Last	Jeff Parrott Feb 2005
Coop'n RPG'n Well with the newer RPGs coming out me and my friends are trying to find a new one we could coop online with. So far we were looking at Guild Wars and Dungeon Siege 2. And well basically I wanted you…	6 Last	Slayerjerman Feb 2005
The current top two headline stories at CNN.com [url="http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nkorea.talks/index.html"]Nuclear North Korea[/url] [url="http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/09/iran.nuclear.ap/index.html"]Nuclear Iran[/url] …	54 Last	TomDunne Feb 2005
short-sighted heavy computer users glaucoma risk [url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/computer_glaucoma/"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/17/computer_glaucoma/[/url] Oh Shit! I'm getting fat and pail and blind? Fuck fuck fuck fuck..…	6 Last	Josh_Singh Feb 2005
PC Exclusive: Preview of the FGA page [url="http://freegamearts.myexp.de/"]http://freegamearts.myexp.de/[/url] [i]Free Game Arts promotes the use and development of free and 'open source' game resources, including 3D models, sound effec…	2 Last	JKMakowka Feb 2005
career search advice.. I have really been trying to get my artwork under people's noses. I havn't been successful at getting many contact names for the companies. Can someone tell me 1) if demo folders sent like "attn: art…	2 Last	pogonip Feb 2005
Tecmo sues website for game hacks Tecmo sues website for game hacking: [url="http://news.com.com/Tecmo+sues+for+video+game+hacking/2110-1047_3-5569683.html?tag=st_lh"]http://news.com.com/Tecmo+sues+for+video+game+hacking/2110-1047_3…	3 Last	Seyiji Feb 2005
Scan Your Yearbook Picture Goobers! Okay here is an idea for a picture thread. Scan your senior picture from your yearbook. If you are still in school scan your latest one. I know for a fact that a lot of us ARE out of school, so scan…	19 Last	Dukester Feb 2005
You know you want it! Come looky [url="http://www.gaspowered.com/ds2/news.php"]DungeonSiege2[/url] Dungeon Siege 2 is comin down the mountain [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] If any of you goons wants in the limited Beta, let…	22 Last	Downsizer Feb 2005
VSync testing (mainly on ATI cards) I've been a longtime lurker on the Polycount boards, and although I have done some 3D work in the past, I'm much more into programming now. Lately I've been programming a gameengine/framework, and I'…	0 Last	RickA Feb 2005
Stop comparing games to other games (rant) Ok... First off, I dont care if gameX is better than gameY. Stop trying to convert me. I dont care about gameX's graphics are that much better compared to gameY. I dont care how WoW, EQ2 or any oth…	21 Last	sundance Feb 2005
GDC Resturants in the area Does anyone know of any cheap $5-$20 restaurants in the GDC area. The GDC address is 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. And is in the down town area just east of China town. I really apprec…	6 Last	Daz Feb 2005
Do the (kung fu) Hustle! [url="http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/kung_fu_hustle.html"]http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/kung_fu_hustle.html[/url] Yah, I definately think this is one I will be checking out; corny or not.	10 Last	Mojo2k Feb 2005
modelling for HL2 \| BLOCKED I really hoped to be posting here more often since discovering this glorious game but I have one major block to my development: softimage\|xsi for HL2 doesn't work for computers with 1400 x 900 screen…	11 Last	hawken Feb 2005
Book Recommendation I think every artist could benefit from reading "Art and Fear, Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking" by David Bayles and Ted Orland. It's a little book, I think it was like 12 buc…	5 Last	rolfness Feb 2005
DDR OWNZ ME So I heard about a psx controller to usb adapter and wondered if there was a DDR for the PC. I played it for a week or two with one of my residents who had it for ps2 back in college. Well there is…	20 Last	tubboy Feb 2005